Your retirement nest egg will stretch the most in these states

You might want to rethink the state where you're living if financial comfort is your first priority in retirement.

Personal finance website GoBankingRates compiled a ranking of states where your money will go farthest in retirement including all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

The website looked at the following criteria: Per-capita spending on gas and fuel, groceries, health care, housing and utilities and other expenditures. The ranking is based on the retirement income it would take to cover all of those expenses plus 20 percent for additional spending, or comfort.

This chart shows the 10 states where retirees will find their income stretches the farthest:

State

Yearly retirement income needed

Retirement savings needed

Mississippi

$37,750

$755,000

Arkansas

$38,896.25

$777,925

Alabama

$39,170

$783,400

Oklahoma

$41,222.50

$824,450

S. Carolina

$41,582.50

$831,650

Kentucky

$41,610

$832,200

Idaho

$42,066.25

$841,325

N. Carolina

$42,223.75

$844,475

Louisiana

$42,726.25

$854,525

Tennessee

$42,773.75

$855,475

Source: GoBankingRates

This chart shows the 10 states where retirees' income will not go very far: